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  #31  
Old June 5th, 2009, 03:17 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Owl1
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Default Word Clipboard Toolbar Always Docks Itself

Graham - Thanks for your suggestion. My dial-up connection is often
frustrating. I tried going to http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm , but get a
message:

Error 404: NOT FOUND!
Your browser cannot find the document corresponding to the URL you typed in.

I've tried several times. I'd gladly learn how to connect in a better way if
you have any further suggestions.

Many thanks for your help.
  #32  
Old June 5th, 2009, 04:12 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default Word Clipboard Toolbar Always Docks Itself

Instead of typing in the URL, why not just click on it in the message? If
it's not clickable, try copying and pasting it into your browser's address
bar.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Owl1" wrote in message
...
Graham - Thanks for your suggestion. My dial-up connection is often
frustrating. I tried going to http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm , but get a
message:

Error 404: NOT FOUND!
Your browser cannot find the document corresponding to the URL you typed
in.

I've tried several times. I'd gladly learn how to connect in a better way
if
you have any further suggestions.

Many thanks for your help.


  #33  
Old June 5th, 2009, 05:33 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Graham Mayor
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Default Word Clipboard Toolbar Always Docks Itself

The page is alive and well?

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Owl1 wrote:
Graham - Thanks for your suggestion. My dial-up connection is often
frustrating. I tried going to http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm , but
get a message:

Error 404: NOT FOUND!
Your browser cannot find the document corresponding to the URL you
typed in.

I've tried several times. I'd gladly learn how to connect in a better
way if you have any further suggestions.

Many thanks for your help.



  #34  
Old June 5th, 2009, 10:42 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Tony Jollans
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Default Word Clipboard Toolbar Always Docks Itself

Thanks for those values - nothing there that suggests it is relevant,
unfortunately.

The AcbControl value (as far as I know) simply controls whether or not the
clipboard toolbar displays by default - not how or where it displays..

I'm sorry that we don't seem to be getting anywhere with this. I will be
away from tomorrow till the 17th, but will try and dig further on my return
if nobody else pops up with any answers.

If you want to be really bold, you could try renaming the whole
....\Office\9.0\ key (or even the whole ...\Office\ key) in the registry.
Word should recreate it next time it starts, but it is possible it will ask
for install media (I just can't recall). I still couldn't be sure it would
solve the problem, though.

--
Enjoy,
Tony

www.WordArticles.com

"Owl1" wrote in message
...
Hi Tony -

To the right of
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Co mmon\Toolbars there are
three items: Default ("value not set"), AdaptiveMenus (value "0"), and
Customize DlgTab (value "1").

About working with the registry to solve this problem, I found the
following
"tip"at
http://word.tips.net/Pages/T001518_P...d_Toolbar.html
The tip is intended for people who, unlike me, are frustrated having the
Word 2000 Clipboard appear and float. This fellow's tip is intended to
*prevent* this from happening. He suggests changing the value of
AcbControl
to 1 from its default value of 0. Since there is no AcbControl listed in
my
computer's registry, do you think it could plausibly solve the Clipboard
problem I'm having by following this fellow's instructions, but after
adding
AcbControl, make sure to leave it with a value of 0?
Close Word. You don't need it open to perform any of these steps.
Click on the Start button. Windows displays the Start menu.
Choose Run from the Start menu. Windows displays the Run dialog box.
In the Open field, enter the name regedit.
Click on OK. The regedit (Registry Editor) program is started.
You want to find and select the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Co mmon\General key.
Choose New from the Edit menu, and then DWORD Value from the resulting
submenu. The Registry Editor adds New Value #1 at the bottom of the values
shown in the right pane of the Registry Editor.
Change the name of the new value to AcbControl, and make sure it is
selected.
The default value of AcbControl should be 0. With this value, the
Clipboard
toolbar is triggered and displayed as normal. To change the value, choose
Modify from the Edit menu. Registry Editor displays the Edit DWORD Value
dialog box.
Change the value to 1 and click on OK. This value turns off the triggering
mechanism used to display the Clipboard toolbar automatically.
Close the Registry Editor.
I haven't added a second user yet, and will do that if you think the above
isn't promising.

Thank you again for your generous help. You're good to give some guidance.


  #35  
Old June 6th, 2009, 04:21 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Owl1
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Default Word Clipboard Toolbar Always Docks Itself

Suzanne - Before I posted about this, I had done what you suggested --
clicking on the URL, as well as copying and pasting it into my browser's
address bar. And I just tried again to do this. Each time, I get an "Error
404: NOT FOUND!" I have no problems going to other URLs, so believe this one
isn't working.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Instead of typing in the URL, why not just click on it in the message? If
it's not clickable, try copying and pasting it into your browser's address
bar.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Owl1" wrote in message
...
Graham - Thanks for your suggestion. My dial-up connection is often
frustrating. I tried going to http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm , but get a
message:

Error 404: NOT FOUND!
Your browser cannot find the document corresponding to the URL you typed
in.

I've tried several times. I'd gladly learn how to connect in a better way
if
you have any further suggestions.

Many thanks for your help.



  #36  
Old June 6th, 2009, 05:10 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default Word Clipboard Toolbar Always Docks Itself

It works fine for me now, and it worked fine for me when I tested it before
I posted previously. I do get http://www.gmayor.com:80/MSNews.htm rather
than http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm (which often happens when I click on a
link in a NG message, but the page is the same.

In any case, if you can't access Graham's page, you can find equally useful
information at http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/...ommunities.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Owl1" wrote in message
...
Suzanne - Before I posted about this, I had done what you suggested --
clicking on the URL, as well as copying and pasting it into my browser's
address bar. And I just tried again to do this. Each time, I get an "Error
404: NOT FOUND!" I have no problems going to other URLs, so believe this
one
isn't working.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Instead of typing in the URL, why not just click on it in the message? If
it's not clickable, try copying and pasting it into your browser's
address
bar.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Owl1" wrote in message
...
Graham - Thanks for your suggestion. My dial-up connection is often
frustrating. I tried going to http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm , but
get a
message:

Error 404: NOT FOUND!
Your browser cannot find the document corresponding to the URL you
typed
in.

I've tried several times. I'd gladly learn how to connect in a better
way
if
you have any further suggestions.

Many thanks for your help.





  #37  
Old June 6th, 2009, 06:01 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Graham Mayor
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Default Word Clipboard Toolbar Always Docks Itself

The web site is working correctly. Can you access my home page -
http://www.gmayor.com and navigate to Favourites where you will find the
link as the first item under 'Other useful links'

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Owl1 wrote:
Suzanne - Before I posted about this, I had done what you suggested --
clicking on the URL, as well as copying and pasting it into my
browser's address bar. And I just tried again to do this. Each time,
I get an "Error 404: NOT FOUND!" I have no problems going to other
URLs, so believe this one isn't working.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Instead of typing in the URL, why not just click on it in the
message? If it's not clickable, try copying and pasting it into your
browser's address bar.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Owl1" wrote in message
...
Graham - Thanks for your suggestion. My dial-up connection is often
frustrating. I tried going to http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm ,
but get a message:

Error 404: NOT FOUND!
Your browser cannot find the document corresponding to the URL you
typed in.

I've tried several times. I'd gladly learn how to connect in a
better way if
you have any further suggestions.

Many thanks for your help.



  #38  
Old June 7th, 2009, 02:52 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Owl1
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Default Word Clipboard Toolbar Always Docks Itself

Thanks for your reply. I had no trouble today going to either of the webpages
you suggested. Strange, since I had tried several times on different days.
And thank you for giving me the link to
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/...ommunities.htm , which I also look
forward to reading. Thank you for this great help.

  #39  
Old June 15th, 2009, 01:17 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Owl1
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Default Word Clipboard Toolbar Always Docks Itself

Tony,

Many thanks for your thoughtful suggestions. I've now tried everything I can
think of and have given up trying to use Word 2000 any more. The endless
stubborn docking behavior of the Clipboard toolbar, in document after
document, got to be too frustrating, so I installed Word 2003 (Office 2003
Standard Edition), replacing Word 2000 in the process. I was and still am
hopeful that the new-to-me Clipboard tool pane will work better.

I'm not sure at this point that Word 2003 is going to help me much more than
my old disabled Word 2000: the Word 2003 Clipboard tool pane has about the
same limitation: once I open a document and get the task pane to display and
size it so it displays next to the text, this doesn't carry over and just
appear in subsequent documents that I open. For each one, I have to double
click on the icon in the taskbar to get the pane to appear (a pain). -- Do
you know of a way to get Word 2003 automaticaly to display the Clipboard task
pane in all document windows?

Thank you again for your good attempts to help with Word 2000.
  #40  
Old June 19th, 2009, 02:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Tony Jollans
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Default Word Clipboard Toolbar Always Docks Itself

I'm sorry we couldn't sort your problem out but, unable to duplicate it, all
I could do was keep guessing.

I think you'll find Word 2003 an overall improvement on Word 2000. The Task
Pane does work in a different way from the earlier toolbar but its position
should be remembered, although Word will, itself move it if it deems it in
the way of your work.

There is an option on the Tools Options View tab, "Windows in Taskbar".
By default it is checked and, when checked, Word 2003 shows multiple open
documents, each in a separate window (on the taskbar, not surprisingly) as
Word 2000 did. When the box is unchecked, Word 2003 displays multiple open
documents in separate windows within the single Word window on the Taskbar,
in the way Word 97 did. The reason for mentioning this is that the option
also affects the way the Task Pane is displayed.

The Task Pane is displayed relative to the Word window in the Taskbar so, if
you have "Windows in Taskbar" set, then each time you open a new document
you open up a new taskbar window, and the Task Pane is re-initialised (how,
depends on the "Startup Task Pane" option, also on the Tools Options
View tab). If you have that option unchecked, then new documents open up
within the existing Word (taskbar) window and the Task Pane remains where it
was.

Let us know how you get on, and do come back if you have any further
questions.

--
Enjoy,
Tony

www.WordArticles.com

"Owl1" wrote in message
...
Tony,

Many thanks for your thoughtful suggestions. I've now tried everything I
can
think of and have given up trying to use Word 2000 any more. The endless
stubborn docking behavior of the Clipboard toolbar, in document after
document, got to be too frustrating, so I installed Word 2003 (Office 2003
Standard Edition), replacing Word 2000 in the process. I was and still am
hopeful that the new-to-me Clipboard tool pane will work better.

I'm not sure at this point that Word 2003 is going to help me much more
than
my old disabled Word 2000: the Word 2003 Clipboard tool pane has about the
same limitation: once I open a document and get the task pane to display
and
size it so it displays next to the text, this doesn't carry over and just
appear in subsequent documents that I open. For each one, I have to double
click on the icon in the taskbar to get the pane to appear (a pain). -- Do
you know of a way to get Word 2003 automaticaly to display the Clipboard
task
pane in all document windows?

Thank you again for your good attempts to help with Word 2000.


 




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